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EXCLUSIVE: Following the success on their hit HBO series Silicon Valley, Mike Judge and Alec Berg have found their next comedy to partner on. Sources tell Deadline Picturestart is financing and will produce Automated Trucking, a new feature film comedy based on an original idea from Judge and Berg. Judge will direct with Rob Turbovsky and Matteo Borghese penning the script.

EXCLUSIVE: Hulu is not proceeding with Downforce, opting not to pick up the comedy pilot starring Eve Hewson and Murray Bartlett to series, sources tell Deadline.

EXCLUSIVE: Makeready, the production company led by producer Brad Weston and Netflix alum Collin Creighton, has extended by three years its overall deal with Fifth Season. Joining the party is Topic Studios; the Makeready deal is the first in a new multiyear joint venture between Topic and Fifth Season in which they’ll back production companies with financing and development funds to create premium television content.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter Bill Hader and Duffy Boudreau are teaming up to develop a comedy pilot script at HBO, Variety has learned exclusively. The official logline for the untitled project states, “A woman in a small town has a big secret revealed.” Hader and Boudreau will serve as co-writers and executive producers on the project.

Hulu has given a pilot order to Downforce (working title) from ABC Signature. 

Selome Hailu Hulu has given a piot order to “Downforce” (working title), a comedy pilot written and executive produced by “Silicon Valley” writers Alec Berg and Adam Countee. The official logline for “Downforce” reads, “When the heiress to a dynastic racing team is thrust back into the family business, she needs to make some hard choices about the future of the team and her family’s legacy.” The pilot will be produced by ABC Signature, where Berg and Countee both have overall deals.

Bill Hader is getting real about gaining weight.

Bill Hader is getting real about gaining weight.In a July interview with, the actor and funnyman revealed that he put on 25 pounds while filming the final season of his hit HBO series, .«To know that I’ve grown as a filmmaker is really rewarding,» Hader said when asked what he's learned about himself over the course of the show's four seasons.Outside of the show, one of the biggest things Hader said he learned, was that he puts on weight much faster than he did at the show's start.«But I also know that I’m 45 and I put on weight way faster than I used to. That’s what I really learned, that I’m suddenly 25 pounds overweight,» he quipped. «How the hell’d that happen? I've learned I can't eat sweets the way I used to.»Hader continued, reflecting on his final season weight gain, «I think it was toward the end of the season that the costume designer was like, 'I think you need to wear bigger clothes.

Jonnie Davis is leaving ABC Signature.

This article contains major spoilers for the ‘Barry’ finale.Critics and fans alike have praised the final-ever episode of Barry, with some even hailing it as the “true best show on television”.Created by Alec Berg and Bill Hader, the dark comedy/drama follows the story of hitman and aspiring actor Barry Berkman (Hader) as he attempts to escape his violent past.

HBO’s acclaimed series Barry comes to an end with its fourth season.Created by Alec Berg and Bill Hader, the dark comedy drama follows hitman and aspiring actor Barry Berkman (Hader) as he attempts to escape his violent past.In the fourth season, Barry is in prison following his arrest, where he’s haunted by the words of his former acting teacher Gene Cousineau (Henry Winkler) and attempts to win his forgiveness.Since the show began in 2018, Barry has been nominated for 44 Emmys, including Outstanding Comedy Series on three occasions. Hader won Outstanding Lead Actor twice for his performance in the lead role in 2018 and 2019.Like previous seasons, the final outing spans eight episodes in total.

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HBO’s acclaimed series Barry comes to an end with its fourth season.Created by Alec Berg and Bill Hader, the dark comedy drama follows hitman and aspiring actor Barry Berkman (Hader) as he attempts to escape his violent past.In the fourth season, Barry is in prison following his arrest, where he’s haunted by the words of his former acting teacher Gene Cousineau (Henry Winkler) and attempts to win his forgiveness.Since the show began in 2018, Barry has been nominated for 44 Emmys, including Outstanding Comedy Series on three occasions. Hader won Outstanding Lead Actor twice for his performance in the lead role in 2018 and 2019.The first two episodes air on HBO in the US on Sunday April 16 at 10pm ET.

Barry, calling it both “stunning” and “brilliant”.It comes just weeks after HBO confirmed that the upcoming fourth season of Bill Hader’s action comedy will be its last.Per a press statement as shared by The Hollywood Reporter, Bill Hader (Barry) said: “It’s been an amazing journey making this show, and it’s bittersweet that the story has come to its natural conclusion.”HBO and HBO Max’s executive vice president Amy Gravitt added: “After three masterful seasons of Barry, we are eager for viewers to see the powerful, complex and hilarious conclusion to Barry Berkman’s story. It has been a pleasure working with this immensely talented team including Bill Hader, Alec Berg, Aida Rodgers and the entire exceptional cast and crew.”Critics who have now seen the show have been almost universal in their praise for the final season.Collider said of the new season: “There’s really nothing else out there like Barry, and, now that it’s ending, who knows if there ever will be again?” Meanwhile, Consequence described it as “beautifully made, twist-packed, and essential.”Inverse said the show delivered an “unpredictable and flawless series finale,” while IndieWire called it “stunning”.Uproxx added to the praise calling it “a final performance of the ages”, while Rolling Stone said it “goes out on its own terms in deliciously dark season four.”Barry‘s last season will air on HBO from April 16 and will consist of eight episodes.

HBO has confirmed that the upcoming fourth season of Bill Hader’s action comedy series Barry will be its last.Per a press statement as shared by The Hollywood Reporter, Bill Hader (Barry) said: “It’s been an amazing journey making this show, and it’s bittersweet that the story has come to its natural conclusion.”HBO and HBO Max’s executive vice president Amy Gravitt added: “After three masterful seasons of Barry, we are eager for viewers to see the powerful, complex and hilarious conclusion to Barry Berkman’s story. It has been a pleasure working with this immensely talented team including Bill Hader, Alec Berg, Aida Rodgers and the entire exceptional cast and crew.”HBO has also released a teaser trailer for season four of Barry, which can be seen above.Barry‘s last season will being airing on HBO on April 16 and will consist of eight episodes.

Bill Hader's has reached the end of its road.HBO's dark comedy will officially sign off after the upcoming fourth season, which kicks off with back-to-back episodes Sunday, April 16, the premium cable network announced Tuesday. The remaining six episodes will roll out weekly until the series finale on May 28.“It’s been an amazing journey making this show, and it’s bittersweet that the story has come to its natural conclusion," Hader said in a statement announcing the series' swan song.“After three masterful seasons of, we are eager for viewers to see the powerful, complex and hilarious conclusion to Barry Berkman’s story," said Amy Gravitt, Executive Vice President of HBO and HBO Max Comedy Programming.

There’s a lot of news about HBO’s hit TV show Barry.

Kate Aurthur editor In spring 2020, during the earliest phase of the pandemic, production on Season 3 of “Barry” was shut down before it could even begin. But co-creators Bill Hader and Alec Berg — along with the writing staff of the dark HBO comedy — would soon put that time to good use. They wrote the fourth season of “Barry,” and then went back and rewrote the show’s third, which still hadn’t started filming. As Hader and Berg wrote Season 4, they started to realize that “a very clear ending presented itself,” Hader told Variety in an interview last week. On April 16, the eight-episode final season of “Barry” will premiere — and Variety can exclusively reveal that date, as well as unveil its first teaser and first look.

Bill Hader’s Barry is coming to an end.

Henry Winkler plays Barry’s father figure Gene Cousineau in the eponymous HBO comedy drama.

EXCLUSIVE: Patrick Fischler (American Crime Story) is set for a major recurring role on the upcoming fourth season of HBO’s Emmy-winning series Barry.